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Programs of Study Apprenticeship Alignment |
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Written by Teri Pablo, NTPS
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Monday, 23 March 2009 15:06 |
As promised at the Fall WAVA Conference, the alignment between the Career Clusters/Pathways and the active apprenticeships in the state of Washington is ready for publication. Thank you Jody Robbins with L & I Apprenticeship Division for your help in this process. We hope to update this document at the beginning of each year by adding any newly posted apprenticeship opportunities and remove any that have ended. Apprenticeship alignment |
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Western Area Legislative Update |
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Written by Teri Pablo, NTPS
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Monday, 23 March 2009 14:52 |
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At the beginning of the 2009 legislative session, Western Area sent a CTE Update to all the senators and representatives highlighting local programs and the use of grant dollars awarded from the 2008 Comprehensive CTE billl. Click link to review the document: Western Area CTE newsletter |
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Last Updated on Monday, 23 March 2009 15:07 |
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Written by Jim Noeldner
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 13:07 |
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By Jim Noeldner, Director of Career and Technical Education North Kitsap School District - September, 2009: North Kitsap High School adds an AP Environmental Science option for students in their Natural Resources classes.
- January, 2009: Olympic College just received formal approval for a new Associate in Technical Arts degree in Environmental Studies to add a second year to their current Certificate of Proficiency in Environmental Studies, which is in its first year.
- January, 2009: Washington State Employment Security Department/Labor Market and Economic Analysis publishes their first version of Green Economy Jobs. (see Green Economy Jobs at www.workforceexplorer.com)
- January, 2009: Kitsap Economic Development Alliance’s Decision Makers Breakfast features Clean Technology Speakers.
- September, 2009: North Kitsap CTE starts new course in Sustainable Design and Technology and begins organic farming-to-lunch program at Gordon Elementary to complement Suquamish Elementary’s Basketmarsh program. We join with North Mason’s Theler Wetlands project and South Kitsap’s Campbell Farms to anchor West Sound Green Education Consortium.
- September 2010: Environmental Science/Natural Resources students from North Kitsap, South Kitsap and North Mason High Schools begin high school coursework as juniors that will earn them Olympic College and Washington State University credits.
- September 2011: Bremerton, Bainbridge and Central Kitsap school districts start Agriculture programs to join North Kitsap, South Kitsap and North Mason in promoting the largest public school Organic Farming/Natural Resources/Environmental Science campus in the nation with post secondary partners Olympic College (which will then offer a four year degree in Environmental Studies), WSU (degrees in Organic Farming and Specialty Crops), Bainbridge Institute (graduate degrees in sustainability businesses) and The International College of Common Ground, Common Water.
OK, OK, the last couple bullets have yet to happen. But I’m betting they will. The question is not if, but when. “Green” is a lifelong learning habit that will increasingly color our lives and our employment options. Whether our careers will be in a traditional workplace and job or in something yet to be developed, Green Education will be here to stay. Plumbers will have to think green and work with new green building codes. Philosophers will have to think about green and its implications to our social structures, cultures, standards of living and human value system. Farming will take on a whole new meaning of the word green. So, education will have to change and adjust. I forsee students doing fieldwork such as water quality testing in Hood Canal and designing methods to use tidal-generated energy to power algae harvesters which will both help the oxygen depletion issues that have been increasingly problematic while providing raw material for bio-fuel manufacturing at the SEED project at Bremerton airport. I forsee the Navy gaining increasing recognition for doing their battleship grey jobs in a greener and greener manner. Instead of retirees helping the police through the Senior Patrol, there will be a grey or balding Green Patrol who will help educate polluters into compliance with new Green Laws. Green education will take place from early childhood to later life. Birth to death. Oldsters sharing with youngsters. But for now, the start for today’s students is the new program development work in Environmental Science/Natural Resources between North Kitsap and South Kitsap high schools and Olympic College, in which students can start their college coursework in their high school classes, called Tech Prep. Tech Prep is Green, and it is red hot!! |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 22 March 2009 08:56 |
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Written by Dennis Wright
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 12:44 |
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KCVA, an organization of King County Career and Technical Administrators, has built a structure for success by building upon its comprehensive program of work for 2008-2009. Administrators meet on a monthly basis to review progress and strategize innovative approaches to master new and emerging challenges. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 19 March 2009 12:49 |
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Common Ground, Common Water |
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Written by Jim Noeldner
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Friday, 21 March 2008 13:28 |
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College of Common Ground, Common Water By Jim Noeldner, North Kitsap School District What do farmers markets, organic farming, Hood Canal oxygen depletion, Puget Sound pollution, Master Gardners and Advanced Placement (AP) high school classes all have in common? In our region, there is a network of people of all ages, backgrounds and experiences who are involved with learning and teaching in several related program areas: FRESH Horticulture, Natural Resources and Environmental Science…program areas that are inter-related because of the common ground and common water we all share. The results of this program development should be increased opportunities for students to learn about their common ground and common water at high school and in their post-secondary education and training plans at Olympic College and area four-year university programs. In North Kitsap and South Kitsap school districts, program development efforts are underway that, in partnership with Olympic College, WSU Extension and others, are working to prepare high school students for successful careers in these growing areas (pun intended). Examples of this program development include South Kitsap’s Howe Farm project and the development of Advanced Placement (AP) Environmental Science as a high school Agriculture program option for students (highlighted in articles below). The Kitsap County Economic Development Alliance recognizes Agriculture as an economic development sector in their vision of a “clean and green” future for our regional economy. Jobs related to a whole variety of things like organic farming, fisheries, ecology protection, land development mitigation and environmental impact law will all need to be filled by students who have studied in the College of Common Ground, Common Water! |
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Last Updated on Friday, 21 March 2008 13:36 |
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Area Groups can now submit News Items |
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Written by Kevin Plambeck
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Monday, 18 February 2008 21:43 |
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Area Groups can now submit news items, without having to know any webpage authoring! Soon Area Group Leaders will be trained on how this can be done! |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 March 2008 17:26 |
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WAVA Western Area agenda 9-5